On November 1st, 1940 the Imperial Japanese Navy launched the Yamato Class Battleship the Musashi. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully…
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“The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead”: RIP Edmund Fitzgerald
I am reminded today on gCaptain that today is the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The above excellent song is a story…
View More “The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead”: RIP Edmund FitzgeraldCrash Series by Jonathan Wateridge
London based artist Jonathan Wateridge’s “Crash Series” consist of seven huge (up to 2m x 3m) oil paintings depicting scenes of crashed air planes and ships.…
View More Crash Series by Jonathan WateridgeThis Jellyfish Doesn’t Have Chance
Just received this great photo from a friend of friend. Gary Bernier took this while diving at the ship wrecks off North Carolina. A cookie goes to…
View More This Jellyfish Doesn’t Have Chance12 New Shipwrecks Uncovered In Baltic
The Bitter End Blog and gCaptain are reporting news of several new shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea between the Scandinavian Peninsula and Russia. The Baltic…
View More 12 New Shipwrecks Uncovered In BalticSunken French battleship discovered
BBC News reports: A French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine has been discovered in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean…
View More Sunken French battleship discoveredShipwrecked flagship HMS Victory discovered
Reuters reports that artifacts from the 250 year old shipwreck of the British flagship HMS Victory have been recovered. The wreck was discovered by Odyssey…
View More Shipwrecked flagship HMS Victory discoveredPimp your Google Ocean
Now that you’ve toyed with the new Ocean layer in Google Earth 5.0, and learned to dive below sea level, you’re asking yourself, … what’s…
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